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  • From Hollywood to Holyrood – Scotland in film

    While Scotland has a relatively extensive cinematic history, from movies about Nessie to The Stone Of Destiny, it also has a tendency to crop up in less expected places. Should you ever plan to visit our highlands and lochs, we wouldn’t want you taking Hollywood’s word and expecting a populace of alcoholic gingers, nor any of the following. As such, we celebrate Burns Night with eight of the most random Scottish cameos in cinema history.


  • Acting royalty acting Royalty

    What is it that makes Colin Firth, Helen Mirren and Judi Dench so good at playing our monarchs of old? Is it maturity, is it talent or is it just that they all have a crown fetish? From the Sixteenth Century up to the present day, many actors have tried to play royalty, and few have succeeded. Those that have are celebrated here.


  • WIN: Mr Nice on Blu-Ray

    Mr Nice is the biopic of the life of drug smuggler Howard Marks – an enormously fun movie that you don’t need to be stoned to enjoy. Enter our comp and lay your hands on a copy of Mr Nice on Blue-Ray now! Competition ends 18 February 2011


  • Top Ten Dances in Movie History

    Whether it be Vincent Vega and Mia Wallace breaking it down 1950s style in Pulp Fiction, or Harry and Hermione’s awkward pas de deux in those Potter films, we’ve compiled a list of the top ten dances in movie history. Let their mistakes be your guide to what and what not to do this Friday night down the club.



  • Orange(Wednesday)s and Lemons #1

    It’s Wednesday! Films exist! We’re all poor! You know someone on Orange? You know someone on Orange! We take some time out of our busy schedules (looking at Wyld Stallyns t-shirts on PriceDrop TV) to discuss what you should and shouldn’t see on this, this Wednesday, this holy night. Please do join in.


  • Top 10 Deus Ex Machina moments

    Whether deliciously farcical or born of plain old screenwriting sloth, the deus ex machina tends to provoke fairly spectacular reactions – after all, there’s scarcely a single worthwhile moment in cinema which doesn’t derive from GREEK MEN FLYING THROUGH THE AIR ON CRANES. We’ve scraped together the best of the worst…


  • SHORTLIST: Snakes On A Sleigh

    Ever the risk-taker, Tarantino hasn’t so much pushed the boundaries of cinema with Snakes On A Sleigh as squashed them flat. 54% of test audience members reportedly fainted, and three critics were taken to hospital in a catatonic state after it screened at Cannes.